Business View Caribbean | April 2019

33 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN APRIL 2019 CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN | SUPERB RENOVATIONS TOP QUALITY CHEMICALS | ACCESSORIES AND TILES SINCE 1995 Pool Automation • Pool Service Authorised Distributors of: Lo-Chlor Performance Pool Chemicals AutoPilot Salt Chlorinators & AquaCal Heaters THREE LOCATIONS Kingston, Runaway Bay & Montego Bay, Jamaica an experience that Steuart had as a child of five, when he first set foot on the property. The memory brings out the poet in him, as he recalls, “I was able to walk that quarter-mile crescent beach and around the corner and down along the coast until I came to the next property, without going in the water or tip-toeing around lots. You can’t do that now, so, our plan is to restore a broad, ‘beachcombable’, walkable expanse with an esplanade on the brow - just a beautiful, gently-graded beach where people can lounge, or stroll at night and look at the constellations. We’ve done that, it’s not quite finished but close. And it’s going to be incredibly elegant, transformative, and demonstrate just how fortunate we are, as stewards of this land, to be able to see the mountain behind us and the sea in front of us, and to understand the balance between the vastness of the mountains and the calming fluidity of the oceans. From that palette, we paint experiences for people.” Resort ownership in the Caribbean is not a responsibility normally taken on by Steuart Investment Company, which primarily handles real estate investment and development business out of Washington, DC. According to Steuart, “Half Moon was very much an accidental enterprise. It’s a very interesting, dynamic business. It gets in your blood. The hospitality industry, the destination (in this case), the people I get to work with and help in their lives with the jobs we’re offering. It’s a very big property to manage – a little city, frankly. It requires a lot of time and attention, and as a family-owned business you have to be here. I am onsite, on average, seven to ten days per month, but I also participate in weekly sales calls and strategy sessions, so it’s a very active part of my professional life, now.” HALF MOON RESORT